Persson Caroline C, Arguinchona Christa, Shea Sophia Y, Sauer Lauren M
Caroline C. Persson, MPH, MPA, FAPIC, is Program Director, Disaster Health, Department of Academic Affairs, Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, CO.
Christa Arguinchona, MSN, RN, CCRN, is Manager, Special Pathogens, Special Pathogens Program Providence Health and Services, Spokane, WA.
Health Secur. 2024 Sep;22(S1):S45-S49. doi: 10.1089/hs.2023.0151. Epub 2024 Jul 22.
Developing and sustaining relationships and networks before an emergency occurs is crucial. The Biocontainment Unit Leadership Workgroup is a consortium of the 13 Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers in the United States. Established in 2017, the volunteer-based workgroup is composed of operational leaders dedicated to maintaining readiness for special pathogen care. Monthly meetings focus on addressing operational challenges, sharing best practices, and brainstorming solutions to common problems. Task forces are leveraged to tackle more complex issues that are identified as priorities. In 2022, members of the workgroup were harnessed for response efforts related to mpox, Sudan ebolavirus, and Marburg virus disease. The weekly Outbreak Readiness call is a shared effort between the Biocontainment Unit Leadership Workgroup and the Special Pathogens Research Network of the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center. Call participants included leaders of the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers and federal partners who shared weekly updates on operational readiness of units, case counts, laboratory capacity, available medical countermeasures, and other pertinent information. The routine exchange of real-time information enabled learning and collegial sharing of experiences, highlighted the experience of the network to federal partners, and provided situational awareness of special pathogen outbreaks across the country. The consortium enabled this rapid convening of partners to meet an urgent need for special pathogen response. The weekly Outbreak Readiness call is a communication model and scalable framework that serves both domestic preparedness efforts and international efforts should the need for a collaborative global response arise. In this case study, we describe the framework and experience of this partnership, along with the structure of rapid deployment for group convening.
在紧急情况发生前建立并维持关系和网络至关重要。生物安全隔离单元领导工作组是美国13个地区新兴特殊病原体治疗中心的联合体。该工作组成立于2017年，以志愿者为基础，由致力于维持特殊病原体护理准备状态的运营负责人组成。每月的会议重点是应对运营挑战、分享最佳实践以及集思广益解决常见问题。利用特别工作组来处理被确定为优先事项的更复杂问题。2022年，该工作组的成员被投入到与猴痘、苏丹埃博拉病毒和马尔堡病毒病相关的应对工作中。每周的疫情准备情况电话会议是生物安全隔离单元领导工作组与国家新兴特殊病原体培训和教育中心的特殊病原体研究网络的共同努力。电话会议的参与者包括地区新兴特殊病原体治疗中心的负责人和联邦合作伙伴，他们分享了各单位运营准备情况、病例数、实验室能力、可用医疗对策及其他相关信息的每周最新情况。实时信息的定期交流促进了经验的学习和同行间的分享，向联邦合作伙伴突出展示了该网络的经验，并提供了全国范围内特殊病原体疫情的态势感知。该联合体促成了合作伙伴的迅速召集，以满足特殊病原体应对的迫切需求。每周的疫情准备情况电话会议是一种沟通模式和可扩展框架，既服务于国内的防范工作，也在需要全球协作应对时服务于国际努力。在本案例研究中，我们描述了这种伙伴关系的框架和经验，以及群体召集的快速部署结构。
